EDUCATION

Culture College provides unique tailored educational opportunities for students, teachers, professionals, and executives to learn together through a culturally responsive platform in direct partnership with First Nations Australians.

Our curriculum framework is founded on the Yolŋu worldview of Djambatj Manapanmirri – Yolŋu and Balanda coming together to find balance.

Knowledge is held by the Djalkirri (Yolŋu foundation), grounded to Country, always present and never destroyed, coming to the surface at the right time to teach and guide and returning to Country. Our programs seek to bring a layer of this knowledge to the surface, planting seeds to grow in the hearts of the younger generation. Through the many branches of the knowledge tree, we create opportunities to come together to listen, share, learn and grow in balance and reconciliation in action.

Our educational programs are for visiting students, teachers, professionals and executives in partnership with Yolŋu.

The program are often 7-10 days but can be varied to suit your needs.  We operate on Yolŋu Country through the dry season from April to October, including the school holiday periods.

We provide all planning and preparation for your immersion, with end-to-end logistics including flight bookings, transport, accommodation, catering to risk management.

The tree of knowledge illiterates the relationship between timeless First Nations knowledge held by Country, always present and never destroyed; coming to the surface at the right time to teach and guide and returning back to Country. The arrows represent this is the cycle, with the layers of knowledge deepening over time.

We seek to bring knowledge to the surface through the many branches and roots. The “Yuta Bit Pit” is the initial growth sprouted from fertile ground where young plants emerge. This growth is the younger generation coming through and learning from the wisdom of the Elders.

We are mixing with each other in reconciliation, where strength is derived from balance and mutual exchange.

” I THINK THIS PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT FOR FUTURE STUDENTS SO WE CAN PUT A HUMAN FACE TO WHAT WE LEARN ABOUT FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE, THEIR LAND AND THEIR CULTURE, SO IT ISN’T JUST INFORMATION IN A TEXTBOOK”
– YEAR 9 STUDENT, SCECGS REDLANDS SYDNEY

‘ THIS EXPERIENCE HAS GIVEN ME A GREATER APPRECIATION FOR THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND ENCOURAGED ME TO BELIEVE THAT GENUINE RECONCILIATION CAN HAPPEN IF WE ESTABLISH A FIRM FOUNDATION OF UNDERSTANDING OTHERS AND MAKING SURE ABORIGINAL VOICES CONTINUE TO BE HEARD .’
– YEAR 9 STUDENT, SCECGS REDLANDS SYDNEY

Our mentors have a unique role placed as the bridge at the cultural interface between non-Indigenous and Indigenous ways of being. Our mentors will be draw on their own story, self-awareness, knowledge, skills and experiences to support the participants to connect through deep listening, respect, reciprocity, and humility as they are the next generation of custodians.

Our mentors hold the required qualifications to care for you within this remote cross-cultural setting; including Wilderness First Aid certification. All drivers involved in transportation will hold relevant mini bus license or coach licenses and adhere to strict protocols for student transportation safety.

‘ I HAVE LEARNED AND GROWN INTO A BETTER PERSON AND AM NOW
ABLE TO SEE THE WORD WITH A MORE OPEN MIND.’
– YEAR 9 STUDENT, SCECGS REDLANDS SYDNEY

“Culture College understands and acknowledges you have entrusted us with that which is most valuable to you – your child. We want to let you know how seriously we take that responsibility and how excited we are about the opportunity to immerse them in the culture of the First Peoples. We draw from extensive resources and have spent countless hours planning our programs with integrity to make them as exciting and enriching as possible.”